Six stone tumour: Woman has huge growth removed from her stomach

The woman had a six stone tumour removed from her stomach (Picture: Caters)

A tumour weighing 36kg (6st) has been removed from a woman’s stomach after growing inside it for years.

The malignant growth became so large because the 47-year-old patient was too scared to get medical treatment for it.

Surgeons in the city of Zlin, in the Czech Republic, removed the tumour in a seven-hour operation, leaving the patient 66kg (10st) lighter at 51kg (8st).

Zdenek Adamik, head of the obstetrics and gynaecology department at Zlin Regional Hospital, is quoted by the Daily Mail as saying: ‘It is strange that the family and friends were unable to react to what was going on with the lady because just the weight of the tumour confined her to bed and she could not live a normal life.’

Doctors are said to be constantly monitoring the woman’s condition in hospital as it is not yet know whether she will make a full recovery following the drastic surgery.